December is here and it's a time of family and coming together and having awkward, passive-aggressive fights and wearing ugly clothes your great aunt made for you and drinking eggnog until you pass out drunk in your grandma's JELL-O mold. But it's also a time for shiny new gadgets! Here are some of our favorites from the past month.

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Best Budget Headphones
With a closed-back, over-the-ear design, and a durable design that has some portability, the Sennheiser HD280 cans are the king of the budget earphone mountain. They're not the cheapest, or the smallest, or the best looking, but they strike the best balance between clarity and resolution and the ability to handle multiple genres of music old and new.

Best Windows Phone
The Nokia Lumia 800 is like a little Scandinavian Cadillac in your pocket. It's the slickest, smoothest Windows Phone you can get. And with its beautiful matte polycarbonate shell, it's got the design and build quality to stand toe-to-toe with the iPhone. Alas, it's not out stateside just yet, though the European version will work on AT&T's HSDPA network.

Best Wireless Mouse
The Logitech Performance Mouse MX takes everything that's great about the Marathon Mouse-the same wonderful scroll wheel, the same smooth glide, similar (but better) thumb-buttons-and improves upon it. The laser it uses to track its position will even work on clear glass, which is crazy. It's also rechargeable.

Best Bluetooth Keyboard
The Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 hit the sweet spot. First off, it's compatible with everything you can throw at it: OSX, Windows, Android devices, iOS devices, they all pair easily and you're good to go. They keys have great click to them. They're slightly stiffer than the Logitechs', but they're not at all hard to press. There's a very slight curve to the keyboard, making it gently ergonomic without alienating people who are used to a straight tray.